Sir Andrew Wiles wins $700k for solving 300-year-old math problem knows as "Fermat's Last Theorem"
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Updated March 17, 2016 ● 680 views
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It was a problem that had baffled mathematicians for centuries -- until British professor Andrew Wiles set his mind to it.
"There are no whole number solutions to the equation xn + yn = zn when n is greater than 2."
Otherwise known as "Fermat's Last Theorem," this equation was first posed by French mathematician Pierre de Fermat in 1637, and had stumped the world's brightest minds for over 300 years.
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Sir Andrew Wiles wins $700k for solving 300-year-old math problem knows as "Fermat's Last Theorem"
Updated March 17, 2016 ● 680 views
Any videos.
It was a problem that had baffled mathematicians for centuries -- until British professor Andrew Wiles set his mind to it.
Otherwise known as "Fermat's Last Theorem," this equation was first posed by French mathematician Pierre de Fermat in 1637, and had stumped the world's brightest minds for over 300 years.
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